Highland schools and communities celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Schools and local communities in the Highlands are celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in a variety of ways over this weekend and the rest of June.

From the Castle of Mey in Caithness to Arisaig and Portree to Nairn, at tea parties, beach parties, and barbeques bunting will be flying throughout the Highlands.
Pipe bands, will be playing in Wick, Portree and Strathpeffer, A flotilla of boats will take part in the celebrations at Wick harbour and an aerobatic display will mark the events at Dingwall.

On 4 June, Inverness Castle will be one of the venues of the 2,012 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Beacons that are being lit around the UK. At 8.30pm there will be city centre entertainment for spectators before they gather at Inverness Castle at 9.30pm for a special Finale Show before the Inverness Beacon will be lit at 10pm by Convener of The Highland Council Councillor Jimmy Gray above Inverness Castle. The show will be followed by a short fireworks display above Inverness Cathedral.

Some of the events taking place throughout the Highlands are listed below:

Caithness

Inverness Area

Lochaber

Nairn Area

Ross and Cromarty

Sutherland

Skye and Lochalsh